The 5% day

Impulsive, fear, anxiety, aggression, and anger. All part of the A mygdal a Hija ck. C r eates a fight or flight, or reset or start over in our mindset in either case.   Pushing the reset button can be difficult.  A partial list of reasons (excuses?) include Too much time Too expensive Beyond capabilities The unknown consequences Yet, starting over can bring so many rewards, to name a few: More efficiencies Fewer costs Improved connections with customers Removing fixed ideas Scanning threats quickly followed by a fight or flight reaction is a negative effect of our amygdala, creating fear from overstated threats, clouding our judgment. Slow down and feed your cortex with more reliable data, and soon you stare down fear to see opportunities that others simply do not see. Robert Babb, PT, MBA.  Thinker. Leader. Speaker. Helping to raise the lids of organizations and thought leaders to higher levels

Some may argue, but it was a privilege to walk down Hollywood boulevard one summer night several years ago with my wife and kids, taking in the unusual sights.   I did not count them, but I am told that over 2,600 brass stars make up the Walk of Fame.  Most reflect the name of Hollywood actors, while the rest are occupied by celebrities in Television, Music, and Radio Oddly, missing from the walk of fame is an English band from the British invasion era, the Kinks.  Known for their storytelling abilities and crowd-pleasing live concerts (many I attended), the Kinks wrote the lyrics in Celluloid Heroes, a story about the Hollywood boulevard.  The song speaks to the costs and consequences of the celebrity’s pursuits, with the words, “ For those who are successful , be always on your guard , because s uccess walks hand in hand with failure , a long the Hollywood Boulevard”.  True to the words in the song, the boulevard is a fifteen-block walking story of success and failur